U.S. Officials Brief Congress on Benghazi Attack

By

Siobhan Gorman

Dec. 5, 2012 5:48 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration's latest attempt to quell Republican criticism of its handling of the attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, fell short on Wednesday when senior officials offered a classified briefing to every member of the House of Representatives.

The briefing by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and other intelligence and State Department officials was designed to provide a detailed...